Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Jobe Beason Park

County boat ramp park on Double Bayou at the eastern edge of Trinity Bay, in Oak Island, Chambers County, Texas.

Beaufort Yacht Basin

Boat slip basin on Town Creek at Beaufort, North Carolina, near the Highway 70 bridge.

Beaver Park North Gas Dock

Family-owned marina on the south shore of Lake Erie at Lorain, Ohio, halfway between Cleveland and Sandusky.

Beef Creek Marina

An 80-berth family-run marina on the Toussaint River near Oak Harbor, Ohio, about a five-minute run from Lake Erie.

BELFAST MARINA

Private marina at 15 Front Street in Belfast Harbour, on the west side of Penobscot Bay in Maine.

Belhaven, North Carolina

Anchorage off the town of Belhaven, North Carolina, on Pantego Creek just off the Pungo River reach of the ICW.

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Belhaven Marina

Town marina on the Pungo River in downtown Belhaven, North Carolina, at ICW mile 136.

Bell Harbor Marina

Downtown Seattle marina at Pier 66 on Elliott Bay, with year-round guest moorage steps from Pike Place Market.

Bell Isle Marina

Full-service marina on the south bank of Back River at Hampton, Virginia, founded in 1990, with one of the better accesses to the lower Chesapeake Bay.

Belle Harbour Marina

Small marina on the Anclote River at Tarpon Springs, Florida, with wet berths and dry stack storage.

Belle Hatchee Marina

Do-it-yourself boatyard and marina on the Caloosahatchee River at LaBelle, on the Okeechobee Waterway.

Belle Haven Club

Private members' club on Greenwich Harbour, on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, with a field of moorings off the Belle Haven peninsula.

Belle Isle Marina

Marina on Winyah Bay along the ICW, just south of Georgetown, South Carolina, within a gated waterfront community.

Belle Vue Yachting Center

Full-service marina and boatyard on Point Judith Pond, off Gooseberry Road in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, part of Point Judith Marina.

Bellport Marina

Village-run marina at the end of Bellport Lane on Bellport Bay, a northern arm of the Great South Bay on Long Island, New York.

Belmar Manutti Marina

Municipal marina on the Shark River at Belmar, New Jersey, with floating concrete docks and over 70 transient berths.

Belmont Bay Harbor Marina

Marina at the mouth of the Occoquan River in Woodbridge, Virginia, with 158 floating berths and direct access to the Potomac.

Belmont Harbor

One of the largest harbours in the Chicago Harbors system, on Lake Michigan along the Lincoln Park lakefront.

Belvedere Yacht Club

Private yacht club with 33 berths on Forked Creek, off the Magothy River at Arnold, Maryland.

Belvidere Boat Club

Members boat club on a 3.2-acre sea-walled island in the North Channel of the St. Clair Flats, near Clay Township, Michigan.

Bergen Point Yacht Basin Inc

Full-service marina on Bergen Avenue, West Babylon, off the Great South Bay, running since 1979.

Berkeley Marina

Municipal marina of about 1,000 berths on the east shore of San Francisco Bay, within reach of the city by water.

Bert Jabin Yacht Yard

Full-service marina and boatyard on Back Creek in Eastport, Annapolis, on the Chesapeake Bay.

Bert's Boat Yard-Marina

Small semi-private boatyard on Norton Street at North Weymouth, Massachusetts, used mainly by South Shore Yacht Club members.

Best Key West Charters

Sport-fishing charter base on Stock Island, just east of Key West, among the island's working fishing and shrimping docks.

Bethel Island Marina

Marina on Dutch Slough at the south end of Bethel Island, freshwater Delta about 80 km east of San Francisco.

Between the Bridges

Marina and boatyard on the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, about two miles from the river mouth at Long Island Sound. The name comes from its position between the I-95 Baldwin road bridge and the Amtrak railroad bascule bridge.

Beverly Port Marina Inc

Full-service marina at 43 Water Street in Beverly Harbour, on the Massachusetts North Shore, holding around 300 boats in summer.

Beverly Port Marina Inc

Full-service marina at 43 Water Street, Beverly, at the mouth of Beverly Harbour on the North Shore of Massachusetts.

Big Bear Resort

Lakeside resort marina on the western shore of Kentucky Lake, near the Land Between the Lakes recreation area in western Kentucky.